NFL confirms Ndamukong Suh block was legal

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh will not be fined for a hit on Colts offensive lineman Winston Justice that caused a concussion on Sunday.

The NFL has reviewed the play and determined that Suh delivered a legal block to Justice after a Detroit interception, ESPN’s Ed Werder reports. The NFL’s decision is no surprise, as there were no flags on the play and nothing out of the ordinary about Suh’s block.

As is often the case, extracurricular activities are overshadowing Suh’s actual play on the field. And on Sunday, Suh’s play on the field was very good for most of the game: He sacked Andrew Luck on the Colts’ first offensive play, hit Luck as he was passing five times, twice tackled Colts running backs for losses and was a major disruptive force in the middle of the line throughout. Unfortunately for Detroit, the Lions fell apart late in the game, with the offense settling for punts on its final two drives and the defense allowing Luck to engineer two touchdown-scoring drives in the final three minutes, leading to a 35-33 Colts win.

When our defense can step up and play well and treat good plays as routine as something special that is not likely to happen again, then maybe they can make big plays on a regular basis. Until then it’s not good to be celebrating and getting all excited about one good defensive play in a game that you didn’t even win in a season you aren’t even making the playoffs, so that’s not a good excuse. But it’s better than having people think he was celebrating an injury.

Either way it’s not cool to see as a Lion fan, we want more professional demeanor and results, that’s all we care about here in Detroit.

Hey guess what? The media is making up a story again because Suh’s name is attached.

Clean play, no evidence whatsoever that he taunted anyone. Get over it.

Michael David Smith: This isn’t the media making up a story, this is the media reporting what the Colts said. Agree or disagree, if the Colts are accusing the Lions of celebrating a cheap shot, that’s a legitimate story for the media to cover.

A kick to the nuts…celebrating other players’ injuries…Since the NFL can’t or won’t sanction Suh’s play, I imagine the players from another team will at some point this season. More than likely a coordinated chop block will end his season and perhaps his career. I don’t want to wish harm to anybody but for Suh I would make an exception.

Michael David Smith: How were you not able to find it? It’s right there on the Redskins team page, on the Giants team page, in the rumor mill and easily accessible via the search box. This is also a serious request, if readers can’t find our content that’s a concern of mine, but I can’t imagine how you missed it.

I like it when the guys behind the curtain get a little heated, reminds us all that they are human too, not drones, and should be treated with respect. (But please don’t post on my posts and humiliate me the way you did poor Nick.

It seems people forgotten how Reggie White uses to club people or how Mean Joe used to pop eardrums. Football is/was dirty. People still love those players but give Suh crap for baby non sense. The league became soft. If a celebration of injury did happen, I know I would be in the middle defending my teammate instead of playing the crying games. I support Suh in many cases. I do think he needs a driver but his anger on field has been in between the whistles.

I don’t hear stories of O-linemen taking cheap shots at the knees because it’s not apart of what the media is telling you.

NFL become too soft. It seems like someone is crying dirty every week.

2. “extracurricular activities are overshadowing Suh’s actual play on the field” should read: “A made up incident that there is no video evidence of and several sources have altogether confirmed didn’t happen is overshadowing Suh’s play on the field”

dennisatunity says:
Dec 4, 2012 1:13 PM
A kick to the nuts…celebrating other players’ injuries…Since the NFL can’t or won’t sanction Suh’s play, I imagine the players from another team will at some point this season. More than likely a coordinated chop block will end his season and perhaps his career. I don’t want to wish harm to anybody but for Suh I would make an exception.

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Dude, you’re talking about someone’s physical well being and professional career. Let’s dial it down a bit.

all you guys that defend suh by saying that he only had one penalty this year don’t seem to understand what ‘dirty player’ means. it doesn’t mean that if you get penalized a lot that you are a dirty player.

he is called dirty because it is obvious to everyone watching the game and everyone playing the game that he is not just out to tackle the player .. he is out to put some hurt on that player.

look at how he sacks QBs .. he is putting a lot of extra umph into the hit to inflict harm .. can’t you see that?

Michael David Smith: How were you not able to find it? It’s right there on the Redskins team page, on the Giants team page, in the rumor mill and easily accessible via the search box. This is also a serious request, if readers can’t find our content that’s a concern of mine, but I can’t imagine how you missed it.
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I see it on the team pages now. Honestly, I just never use those. Maybe I should have looked there, just didn’t really think about it since I don’t use these.

I also (now) see it on rumor mill. I had scrolled through it before and did not see it before.

I can see how my request can be read as sarcastic, especially given the amount of coverage Suh’s antics get compared to others, but people ask for links all the time in the comments and nobody goes nuts about it. You seem incredibly defensive about such an innocuous request.

Michael David Smith: Fair enough. We frequently get such requests laced with sarcasm, as if to say, “PFT didn’t write about this other incident because of bias.” If yours was an honest request to find our story, then I appreciate you reading and apologize for the misunderstanding.

all you guys that defend suh by saying that he only had one penalty this year don’t seem to understand what ‘dirty player’ means. it doesn’t mean that if you get penalized a lot that you are a dirty player.

he is called dirty because it is obvious to everyone watching the game and everyone playing the game that he is not just out to tackle the player .. he is out to put some hurt on that player.

look at how he sacks QBs .. he is putting a lot of extra umph into the hit to inflict harm .. can’t you see that?
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You’re a mommies only child aren’t you? Now go run and tell her the big boys are being mean again.

Detroitsports1234 writes : He’s had one penalty this entire year and it was a false start. He is not a dirty payer and that’s a FACT!

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Uhh – might want to learn the game a bit, unless Suh lined up on the offensive line “refrigerator Perry style” he could not have caused a false start. Perhaps you meant nuetral zone infraction or offsides.

Another thing: the word dirty is an adjective – meaning a subjective term people use to describe things based on their perception. Saying it is a FACT he is not dirty, is comesurate to me saying “Your wife is ugly, and that’s a FACT!” You would most likely disagree with this presumption. Your view on Suh is an opinion.

I think, at this point, even the players are looking for things to complain about on Suh.

I hate that in this age of twitter, social media and immediate reaction the players have become such whiners. I think the players from the 80’s and earlier would say, “Shut up and play, you little P—-.”